Ace Indian archer Deepika Kumari outclassed Chang Hye Jin of Korea in straight sets to clinch the bronze medal in the women's individual recurve event of the World Cup. Seeded ninth in the event, Deepika came out all guns blazing to deflate her second-seeded opponent 6-2 to come up with a clean performance. Korean archers bagged gold and silver medals.

K. Sivan, Distinguished Scientist, I.S.R.O, assumed office as the 12th Director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Center (V.S.S.C). He takes over from M.S. Dathan who has retired from service. Dr. Sivan joined I.S.R.O in 1982.

K. Sivan, Distinguished Scientist, I.S.R.O, assumed office as the 12th Director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Center (V.S.S.C). He takes over from M.S. Dathan who has retired from service. Dr. Sivan joined I.S.R.O in 1982.

China’s sprinter Su Bingtian became the first Asia-born athlete to run a sub-10 second 100 meters when he finished third in the Diamond League meeting in Eugene. The 25-year-old clocked 9.99 seconds in the race won by American Tyson Gay in 9.88 seconds. While Mike Rogers clocked 9.90 seconds and came at second place.

Bangladesh is set to honour for former P.M. Atal Bihari Vajpayee for his outstanding support for the country's independence from Pakistan in 1971 when he was a Lok Sabha member. Bangladesh will hand over Vajpayee's "Friends of Bangladesh Liberation War Award" to Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his upcoming visit to the country from 6th June 2015. Mr. Vajpayee, who is unwell, could not visit Bangladesh to receive the honour.

Former I.O.A Secretary General Lalit Bhanot has been elected vice-president of Asian Athletics Association (A.A.A) in China in the elections for the continental body. Bhanot was among 14 candidates from various countries for five posts of vice presidents.

Former Assam Chief Secretary Jyoti Prasad Rajkhowa sworn in as the 19th Governor of Arunachal Pradesh in a ceremony at the Darbar Hall of the Raj Bhawan. Acting Chief Justice of Gauhati High Court Justice K. Sreedhar Rao administered the oath of office and secrecy to the new governor in the presence of Chief Minister Nabam Tuki, his cabinet colleagues, parliamentary secretaries, M.L.A's besides senior civil and police officials.

India and Sweden inked 6 agreements, including in the field of polar research and for boosting trade, during the visit of President Pranab Mukherjee to the key Arctic Council member, in the first-ever visit by an Indian head of state. Mukherjee is on a five-day visit to Sweden and Belarus. Among the agreements inked is a MoU on Cooperation in Sustainable Urban Development. Both sides also inked a MoU for cooperation in the field of micro, small and medium enterprises. Both also inked an agreement on Visa Exemption for diplomatic passports, etc.

Rahul Jalali has been elected as the new president of Press Club of India for the 2015-16 term while Nadeem Ahmed Kazmi has been re-elected as its secretary. Shri Krishna was elected as vice-president of Press Club.

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has appointed Meena Hemchandra as the executive director who would be in charge of department of banking supervision. She will also be in charge of department of non-banking supervision and department of co-operative banking supervision.